4-H Club Member
Tells Of Trip To
Electric Contest
!Vfi*s foiiii Stokes Winner
Of Territorial Award
In Raleigh
By Celia Stokes
Martin County 4-|f Club Member j
j The excitement really began I
aoout a month ago when Howard j
Bennett and 1 found that we.
along with Mr. J. W. Sumner, as
sistant county agent would rep- i
resent the 4-H'ers of Martin Coun- j
—tv at-Hie* tvevlne‘CoilieS'C to ue held '
m Ha(et'gh,'October'27*a’nd 28. Bui !
even Sunday evening when we
kft_ we haj^^jjo jiifi’j.j'f d'ye ..re*.11 ,
thiills we would experience.
About nine o’clock we saw the j
flash of neon business lights and |
the cool, carressing glows that !
guard the park, capitol building!
and other state interests. The j
* sight itself was thrilling to behold. ,
especially when we saw "Hotel I
Carolina." which was to be our
home for the stay in bright red i
“Neon” visibe far over the city, i
By nine-thirty we were regis
tered and assignea to our respec- i
live rooms. I found three charm- ;
ing roommates who quickly in
vaded the room with a homey at
mosphere. We planned to retire
by eleven, but I’ll confess it was
two before the lights were out. i
Monday morning by six-thirty I
was up. Feeling a bit drowsy, I
decided I would refresh with a
cold shower, and such shocking
results—well, it was an electric
congress!
As soon as T was dressed I rush
ed down to breakfast, which con
sisted of anything I desired. After
breakfast there was a few minutes
to chat before registration at
eight-thirty in the hotel lobby,
where we were given name tags
which identified us as to name
and county. At ten-thirty we as
sembled in the hotel ballroom 1
where we began the congress with
a verse of “America." our club
"p'tcdgr- <11:u >Y'VTTTti* ui Mr. tl<■!. -
roll's jokes. This was followed
by a speech "The Need of Better
‘Metnod? in Agriculture oy Direc
tor of North Carolina's Agricul
tural Extension Service, I. O.
j Schaub. He pointed out that most
i of the eastern portion of North
1 Carolina’s farmers were making
: farming only a part-time business
| and in order to nave a year-round
income for a higher standard of
; living it is necessary to institute
new jobs to use the farm labor
: wasted in the season when there
1 is little to be done.
While waiting for Governor
Cherry, who was to be our guest j
speaker, we sang verses of Home ;
i op the Range and Old Black Joe. '
Then we were introduced to all
I present. Mr. L. V. Sutton, presi
dent of the Caro.ina Power and1
j Light Company, introduced the
Governor, who spoke on “Youth j
in North Carolina Agriculture.”
Luncheon wus served in the
! hotel ballroom ;.t twelve-thirty
and was followed by real-to-life
impersonations of Jimmy Du
i rante, Lum and Abner, late Presi
dent Roosevelt, Bing Crosby and
Frank Sinatra given bv E. Cullen!
Johnson. Also some of our lead
IM S put on acts. Mr. Sumner was I
: one of the Rebecca. Ramona, and
Roberta trio that harmonized on
"You Are My Sunshine.’’
At one-fifteen we divided into ,
two groups and look two tours. I
First we went to the Taylor Food I
I'ruvpnny WP S.tfw potato
chips, nabs, and other things i
made. The most fascinating thing j
there, however, was the machine
! that bagged peanuts. Next we
visited the Pine State Creamery
gggni
where wo saw milk bottled and
ice m am made. Also we wel%
shown a movie at the end of this
"thro-trip" of the things we had
seen. Both plants were generous
with samples which were wel
come. for the luscious aromas had
made us quite hungry.
We returned to the hotel and
changed to our plaids and guities.
In no time at all we were j'eady
to leave for the Tar Heel Club.
This was more wonderful than we
ever dreamed, being situated out
in the count) v on a slope above a
J _■ w, . PV’tore-' L.l!!; ii .on
til seven when we wore called to
enioy a delicious barbecue sup
pur. Immediately after supper S,
p. Vecker, vice-president ot the
Carolina Power and l-ight Com
pany, Master of Coremonie.-, pre
sented the representatives of the
foundations who in turn presented
the prizes.
Mr. W. M. Gallant, local repre
sentative of Weslinghou.se Elec
tric Corporation, presented pins
to each county winner.
Mr. W. E. Wood, executive vice
president of the Virginia Electric
and Power company, presented
certificates to each boy and girl
of the territory. Also there were
given two gold watches, to Robert
Dennis Ricks, Jr., of Northampton
County and Hazel Garris of Pitt
County, second place winners and
two one-hundred dollar scholar
ships to Albert Klleri of Halifax
County and “me”, good old Mur
s'-no ys
Then Mr. Witherspoon, vice-presi
dent of the Carolina Power anti
Eight Company, presi nted simi
lar awards to those of Ins terri
tory.
We were then honored by a
Harvest Friendship Party under
the leadership of Miss Eleanor j
Barber and Mr. Jesse James. This
consisted of games, square done- i
ing. corn-popping, and every- ;
thing you have ever dreamed of;
in a fall party. By the time we j
arrived back at the hotel every- j
one was overfilled with fun but
exhausted enough to retire imme
diately.
Tuesday morning after break
fast Mr. C. Spellman Virginia
Electric Power Company repre
sentative. presided over a pro
gram consisting of speeches by
Albert Ellen and myself. Then
Mr. K. H Reynolds. Industrial
Consultor of the Carolina Power
and Light Company, explained
and demonstrated “Generation
and Distribution of Electricity
Then we ve iteil the Carolina Pow
or and Light Company sub sta
tion. Previously many had been
craving samples from the places
visited but 1 heard no one ask for
any “juice" while there. Moving
on to Uit' Iioyai Bakery we ob
served all the steps from "flour
;r .-iv-iKr*m.sltf«g ft a mini*
cakes, rolls, and dough-nuts.
Mr. Han ill presided over the
luncheon when we heard reports
from the winner of the other ter
ritory and a prophesying speech
on "Where Do We Go From Here"
by Dr. 1) S. Weavei Then we ad
journed, said farewell to all with
hopes of meeting again and even
though we were sad that the joy
ous meeting must close we realiz
ed that it was "not sunset, but
I dawn" and left with eagerness to
rush on to search for other bettci
] methods and to make our bettci
! methods better. We know more
I than before that 4-11 is a marvel
j cus organization and that the Bet
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I most wonderful wonders. Si' we
'urge every 4-H’er to enter this
; project with the thought that if
: you put enough into it you will re
I receive a great reward, not only
| materially but your heart and
j mind will possess an overwhelm
| ing joy for the accomplishment of
I something for the good of vou and
others. Hats off to 4-11 and Hot
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college, an organization sponsor
ing the program ot sports open to
women students at the college,
wejvomed twenty-three students
as members at a meeting he'd on .
the campus last week. Among
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Jamesville; i nd Mm v N. Linds
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ton, all freshmen at the college
this fall
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school year include sports events
in which women student® will par
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ketball, volley ball, soccer, field | j
hockey, archery, hiking, and bi-]
cycling. Ten students were elect-!
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the 18th century by John It.
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given a special escorted tour of
several of the buildings that have
been restored or reconstructed to
the way they looked two centuries
ago and saw the setting in which,
many significant acts in the strug
gle for independence took place
Referred to bv educators as a
"living laboratory” of early
American history, Williamsburg
is annually vi-.led by more than
a half million persons.
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tie,.' arm of her father. As she
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altar, her dainty foot brushed
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